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CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A GROUP OF PERSIAN BRONZE AXES AND EUROPEAN BRONZE TORQUES
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Two with flaring blades and cylindrical shaft holes, 13 cm. long max.; another axe with central shaft hole, mounted, 16 cm. long; another of solid-cast flattened form with flaring blade, 19.5 cm. long; another small hollow axe head with flared blade; a Celtic heavy bronze torque, incised; another similar, incised and with disc terminals; and another slender torque with incised decoration, 13 cm. diam. max. (8)
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Two with flaring blades and cylindrical shaft holes, 13 cm. long max.; another axe with central shaft hole, mounted, 16 cm. long; another of solid-cast flattened form with flaring blade, 19.5 cm. long; another small hollow axe head with flared blade; a Celtic heavy bronze torque, incised; another similar, incised and with disc terminals; and another slender torque with incised decoration, 13 cm. diam. max. (8)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Exhibited
(6) + (7): Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Bezeten Bezit, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 506. Mentioned here is that two torcs are found in Drente.
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